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For me, it is not. For one thing, a lot of Thomas' rookie-year production came with Mac Jones at quarterback, not Trevor Lawrence. With Lawrence at quarterback in the first nine games of the season, Thomas averaged 5.9 targets, 3.9 catches and 66.1 yards per game. Which isn't bad. But from Week 10 on, when it was Jones at quarterback for all but 10 pass attempts in one partial game for Lawrence, Thomas averaged 10.0 targets, 6.5 catches and 85.9 yards per game.
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Fitzmaurice fades Thomas; his rookie success relied on Mac Jones, not Lawrence.

Pat Fitzmaurice is not buying back into Brian Thomas Jr. despite the promise of a healthier 2026; much of his rookie-year production came with Mac Jones at quarterback (averaging 5.9 targets, 3.9 catches, 66.1 yards per game with Lawrence in the first nine games, but 10.0 targets, 6.5 catches, 85.9 yards per game with Jones from Week 10 on). Target competition is stiffer now with Jakobi Meyers joining midway through 2025 and Parker Washington looking like a breakout star late in the year; Travis Hunter could also be a target thief as a two-way player deployed primarily as a cornerback.

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